Flax-pulling machine.



PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

C. H. VBSSOT.

FLAX PULLING MAGHINEL APLIOATION FILED DEC.29,1905.

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WITNESSES INVENTR C H VEUT Jav-%M PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

G.H.VESSOT. PLAX PULLING MACHINB. y

APPLIOATION FILED DEO.29,1905.

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:LIVE-mwah C.H.VESSOT wrrsss 2 M tmi i Wien FLAX-PULLING MACHINE.

soT, ofthe city of Ottawa, in the county of Carleton, Province of Ontario, Canada, have 'invented certain new and useful Improvements in FlaX-Pulling Machines, of which the following is a specification; v

My invention relates to improvement's in flax pulling machines and the objects of my invention are to. provide' a machine which will harvest the tlan' by pulling the same up by the root and thus do away with the necessity of hand labor hitherto employed for this purpose, further objects being to render'the device of simple and cheap Construction and such that it may be readily applied to any of the existing forms of binders or other farming machinery; and it' consists essentially of a transversely disposed series of pars of abut-` ting flaX pulling belts inclined at an angle to the horizontal and supported in such a man ner that when the machine is advancedagainst a flaX crop the fiaX will be 'gripped imder the seeds between the two belts and uprooted by the movement thereof, means being also provided tohold the belts'in re-.

silient contact and' to communicate the me tion of' the driving wheel to the belts; the various parts of the devicebeing constructedand arranged in detail as hereinafter more particularly described. v

Figura 1 is a plan view of my fiax pulling machine. Fi 2 is an enlarged side elevation of ene o the flax pulling meohanisms.

Fig. 3 shows a'perspectve view of a pair of these fiaX pulling devices.` Fig.. 4 is a plan view of the 'same with the up ereovering removed. Fig. 5 is anenlar e detail showing means for providing resilient contact between the belts. the line 2-2 Fig. 5.

In the drawings likeletters of reference ine 'dicate corresponding parts in each figure.

In fiaX harvesting' when it is desired to save the fiber for linen it has been hitherto, necessary to gather the'same byhand for the chine however, I provide means which pId-l Specif caton of Letters Patent. Application filed December 29.1905. Serial Np. 293.86&

Fig. 6 is a section view on' against the belting as shown.

Patented Dec. 24; 1907.

the fiaX in .exactly the same manner as is done by hand, the fiax being pullcd by a direct upward movement. It is evident that a device of this class will accelerate greatly the speed with which the flax may be harvested and`wll hehce enable the same to be accomplished at a considerably reduced costi Rferring to the drawings A is the frame of my machine which' may be similar to that of an ordinary mowing or binding machine and in fact I may make my flaX puller of such construction that it may be directly applied to an ordinary mowing or binding machine to take the place of the cutting knivesthereon. The -frame A is supported by the usual main driving wheel a to. the shaft' of which a sprocket wheel a' is Secured which is connected by a chain a to a second sprocket wheel a on a shaft at This shaft has another sprocket wheel w" connected by means of a chain a to a sprocket wheel 00 on a shaft a* which o erates my flax ulling device in a manner hereinafterdesc i ed. a is the usual lateral' eX- tending grain receiving platform or belt partially supported by a wheel a running on the ground.

v B are the casings for my fiax pulling devices comprising upper and lower members b b' separated by sutableblocks and which are supported in position by braces ?3 or other suitable means at an angle of about' thirty-five degrees to the horizontal. ralty ofthese casings are provided which are placed side by side and extend transversely of the machine. On each side of the casing a plurality of p ulleys are mounted with a portion of their* periphery protruding beyond the edge of the casing. In the form shown I. provide three main pulleys b b* and around which belts b and b run, the pulley 75 engaging both belts. Between the main pulleys I rovde a plurality of smaller puleys or ro lers b which are ada tec'lto press also provide a small outer fiax engaging belt b provided With a plurality of outwardly pretruding spikes and which is supported on the'pulley b and a small auXiliary ulley b. While I have described -one particular form of arranging the belting yet this may be acoomplished in any other suitable form, the main essential being that the line of belting shall be continuous from one end of the casirig to the other When the several cas- A plu- 5 them as hereinafter described.

To assist in keeping the belts in opposite.

casings in contact on one side of each'casing I provide resiliently held bearing blocks. C for i each of the pulleys or rollers along one side.-

The construction of these hearing blocks may be of any desired form, that I prefer com rising hearing blocks c c inclosng the pint es of the pulley and which are slidably held in a casing c', a compression spring c normally resiliently holding the blocks in their outermost position. Provision 'is also made in the casing for a slight longitudinal movement of the end pulleys. for a purpose hereinafter described. It will thus beseen that the belts in one casing having resiliently supported pulleys willalways remain in resihent contact with the belt on the opposite casing. To further assist in the adjustment of the belts I provide means for increasing or decreasing the amount of the spring pressure between them.` These means comprise a longitudinal bar D of the form shown which has projecting lugs formed integral thereto opposite each pulley and which is adapted to be inclosedby the compression s ring holding the bearing block of the pul ey in posi-. tion. This bar is controlled in its lateral movement by means of a plurality of cams or eccentrics d' suitably mounted in the cas- 'ing and which areoperated by means of small 4 levers d on'the to of thecasing the ends of which engage notc es d provided in the top of the casingwhereby the lever will remain in an position to which it has been adjusted. `It wi l thus be seen that by means of the bar increased or de'creased at pleasure.

To insure that the belts may be always taut I rovide cams E at each end of the cas- 'ing which engage rods e which abut the bearing blocks of the end pulleys whereby when the cams or eccentrics are rotated the bearing blocks will be moved outwardly or in- 50 wardly and the. belts corre'spondingly tightened or loosened. I also provide Operating levers e' for these cams on the top of the casing wherein are provided notches e 'which the end of the lever is adapted to engage and be held thereby in any position to which it has been adjustcd.

The belts b IF and 7) are all o erated from the main driving pulley 17 whic in the embodiment shown is operated by a shaft F connected by a beveled .gear f to a similar gear f provided on the transverse' driving .shaft a, which as hereinbefore described is connected by the s stem of gearing to' the 'main driving wheei of the machine. The

gearing is so arranged that the belting 'on y D and the cams Operating the same the ten- 'sion n the compression springs c' may be opposite sides' of the casing will rotatein optthereto by means of a crank (1 connected by suitable beveled gearing 9 to the shaft a'* and which is connected to' the rod gr by a suitable connecting rod g.

The operation of my device is as follows: The upper part of the flaX plant H coming in contact with the abutting rotating belts is gripped between them and these being inclined at an angle of thirty-five degrees and continuously rotating gradually lift the plant out of the round carrying the rootstherewithuntil imally it reaches the position H From here it will drop on to the platform a from which it ma afterwards be collected.

Of course' it' wi l' be understood that the regular binding mechanism may be employed in connection with the platform a which in this case would be in the form of a rotating canvas belt'. ing moved upwards by the belt will contact with the mud shaker G and any mud or dirt which may have clung thereto will be removed. The belts b provided With the spikes afford very efiicient means for bringing the flaX into engagement with the abutting belts.

with a plurality of abutting small rollers without belts but I have found the belts to work much more satisfactorily. It will thus be seen that when my machine is advanced against a flaX crop the same Will be harvested in exactly the same manner as at present employed by hand labor and all the beneficial 'results of the latter will remain While I have described with great particularity of detail one embodiment of my invention yet it is not to be understoodtherefrom that my inventio'n is' limited to thespecific Construction shown as it is of such a nature' that the ,details will have to be gre'atly varied The roots of the flaX as it is be- I might here mention that it 'would be possible to construct my fiaX puller K with 'an upwardly extending &74,460

- eombinationwith a suitable upper and lower mud shaker' located below. the

oovering of a plurality of rollers, slidably supported 'b'earing blooks for the same, compression springs normally holding said beatin blocks in their outermost position,` a ro abutting the 'opposte ends of th'e'springs of all the bearing bloeks onone side of the casing, and cam means for moving said "rod to compress said springs as and for'th purpose specified, I

3. In a'device of the class described the combination With the flax Rullin belts of a aX pulling belts oomprising an osoillating arm provided portion and means for osoillating said arm as and for the purpose specified.

4.4 In a device of the class described the oombinaton With a plurality of pulling and carrying means ofa plurality of mud shakers located below the same, com'prising pivoted arms provided With upwardly extending portions, a rod conneoting all of said arms and 'means for communieating a reoiprooating movementto'said rod as and for the purpose specified.

5.. In a fiax pullinimachine the .e ombina i tionl With' two. Central'driving ulleys ;and meansfor rota'ting the same `contactin fiax pulling bolts extending partially aroun the pulley'and forv'vardly and downwardly `at an angle to the horizontal and Contacting carrying belts also extending around the een'- "tral pulleys and rearwardly therefrom and adapted to oarry the flax after it has been pulled-by the first belts, and engaging belts extending forward from the front ends of the pulling belts and horizontal carrying belts transversely extending beneath the rear ends specified.

ton, Province of Ontario, this 1 oember, 1905.

CHARLES HENRI yEssoT.

Witness'es:

RUssELL S. SMART,

WM. A. WYMAN.

of the pulling belts. as and for the purpose 

